Lining for steel box cars



Jan. 17, 1928. 1,656,688

R. W. WRIGHT LINING FOR STEEL BOX CARS Filed March 25, 1927 I, all. V

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Patented Jan. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES Parent portion.

"LIITIIFG FOB STEEL BOX CARS.

Application filed March 23, 1927. Serial No. 177,709.

This invention relates to a lining for a steel freight or box car and it is an object of the invention to rovide a sectional linin b capable of being easily and quickly removed and replaced at small cost and at a considerable saving of time, labor and material, and possessing other advantages, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. 7

Referring to the drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts:

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan View of a car having my invention applied thereto,

Figure 2, an inner side elevation of a portion of one side of the car,

Figure 3, a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Figure 4, a section on the line 4-4 of Fig.

Figure 5, a section on the line 55 of Fig. 2, p

Figure 6, a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2,

Figure a fragmentary plan view of one of the holding straps, and

Figure 8, a similar view taken at right angles to Fig. 7.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates the floor of a railway car adapted to be used in hauling freight and the like, such car being provided with corner posts 11,

centerposts 12 and door posts 13, sheet metal side coverings 14 and similar end coverings 15. The corner posts 11 are of slightly sturdier construction than conventional corner posts and are provided with extensions 16 at their inner edges adapted to form a portion of the end wall or lining 17. The

lining 17 is formed of upright, tongue-and grooved boards secured by means of nails or other desired securing means to the horizontally disposed nailers 18 formed preferably of wood or the like and secured in spaced relation from the upper and lower edges of the car.

The end linings 17 and nailers 18 are secured by bolts 19 or other fastening means to the steel cover plates 15 and form a unit therewith, such unit being secured in a position by bolts 20, or other desired fastening means, extending through the corner posts 11. By this construction the end lining board next to the corner post is secured firmly in position and is not missing or loose in the usual type of car. When a car of.

this type is being built or repaired the end sections or units can be built in jigs the same as the side sections orunits and at the same time that the steel work is being done. Tl11S will result in an increase in the output of new cars or repaired cars.

In lieu of the side lining running the full length from one edge of the door or from the door post 13 to the end of the car, I make the lining vin two sections 21 and 22,1 each comprising a plnrality ofhorizontally disposed boards or strips secured tofup- .rights 23 and each section has its end portions chan fered or cut-out at its end on its inner-side to accommodate straps 24 in order, that they may lie flush with the surface of the lining so that the car may have a smooth inner surface. The corner post 11, center post 12, and door post 1 3 are firmly secured to the steel side plates lief the car and the straps 24 are adapted to be detachably secured over the ends of the lining sections 21 and 22 for. holding them in position. In order to assist in holding the lining sections in position, each of the uprights 23 is provided adjacent its upper and lower ends with transverse securing bolts 25 which are fixed in the steel plate 12. Each corner post 11 and center post 12 is provided with one or more braces 26 of angle iron or other desired material. The straps 24 are preferably held in position by bolts 27 of which there are preferably three for the strap at the corner post and door post and preferably five for holding the strap at the center post 12.

g If it becomes necessary to remove the lining for the end of the car it is only neces sary to remove the bolts 19 and the end may be handled as a unit; while if the damage is on the side of the car only that section of the lining which is damaged need be removed by first removing the nuts on the ends of the bolts 27 to permit the straps 24 to be removed and secondly, by removing the nuts on the ends of the bolts 25 which extend through the particular section damaged. 1

This construction will result in considerable saving of time, labor and material over the old construction of car When it becomes necessary to repair the same.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made in my device without departing from the spirit of Ill) my invention, and I, therefore, do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only as set forth in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. The combination in a car structure of a plurality of spaced uprights, lining sec tions having their ends resting against the inner sidesof adjacent pairs of uprights, stra s for cooperation with each upright for iolding the edges of the lining sections against said upright, and means for securing said straps in position, substantially as set forth.

2. A railway car comprising a floor, uprights mounted in spaced relation at the side edges of said floor, a steel wall extending along the side of the car and secured to said uprights, and a plurality of sections of lining disposedbetween ad gacent pairs of uprights with their ends overlapping the same, means for detachably connecting said sections to said steel plate, means for securing the sections to said uprights, said means comprising a plurality of straps, and means for securing the straps in position over the ends of the lining sections, substantially as set forth.

3. A railway car comprising a floor, uprights mounted in spaced relation at the side edges of said floor, a steel wall extending along the side of the car and secured to said uprights, and a plurality of sections 0t lining disposed between adjacent pairs of upiights with their ends overlapping the same, means for detachably connecting said sections to said steel plate, means for securing the sections to said uprights, said means comprising a plurality of straps, means for securing the straps in position over the ends of the lining sections and a unitary detachable end section for said car, substantially set forth. a

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 21st day of March, A. D. nineteenhundred and twenty-seven.

RAYMOND W. WRIGHT. 

